tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post2240486607471877634..comments2024-03-17T07:55:12.096-07:00Comments on FOFOA: CB Gold Sales = LootingFOFOAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-43799998086410478012009-04-08T12:31:00.000-07:002009-04-08T12:31:00.000-07:00Martijn, Alek and Mark,I realize that we have conv...Martijn, Alek and Mark,<BR/><BR/>I realize that we have conversations going under several posts. It must be difficult to keep track of. Perhaps you already know this, but you can create a Blogger profile and then the system can send you email notifications that include the full text of subsequent comments and a hyperlink that takes you right there. You can set your profile to private or just FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-73139314410238644912009-04-08T00:59:00.000-07:002009-04-08T00:59:00.000-07:00About the quit coup (and also QM theory): what you...About the quit coup (and also QM theory): what you measure is what you get.<BR/><BR/>Measure a countries wealth in financial terms (in the core perhaps wealth is really about happiness) and you will get (artificially fabricated) good financial performance (until it collapses).<BR/><BR/>Funny how people are generally equipped rather well for people (societal) matters. That's called mother wit, or Martijnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-8895461782773545552009-04-07T14:51:00.000-07:002009-04-07T14:51:00.000-07:00The uncertainty principle may also be the key to t...The uncertainty principle may also be the key to the failure of the PPIP. Now that banks can lie about value, they may not want to participate. Thanks to the FASB. The law of unintended consequences is rearing its ugly head. There is no coordination in Washington. Just ad hoc "solutions".<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/937-PPIP-A-Bust.html" REL="nofollow">PPIP A FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-85570806141711500582009-04-07T14:37:00.000-07:002009-04-07T14:37:00.000-07:00Hi,That uncertainty is, IMO, between the marked to...Hi,<BR/><BR/>That uncertainty is, IMO, between the marked to market and actually sold asset. The uncertainty is limited by the size (quantity) of the asset as relative to the liquidity of the marked where the asset is traded.<BR/><BR/>You have more of the asset, it is worth more on your books that when sold. The more quantity you have, the more you reduce prices when selling due to demand/supply alek_anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-57909370330528013702009-04-06T19:23:00.000-07:002009-04-06T19:23:00.000-07:00Hello good Doctor (to be),You say, "A phase transi...Hello good Doctor (to be),<BR/><BR/>You say, <I>"A phase transition usuall involves a high degree of order where collectivness emerges. This is usually results in coherence of the entities (their sum is the same enity type but twice as big) making up the condesate (collective)."</I><BR/><BR/>But isn't that a description of phase transitions in only one direction? Cooling? When you heat FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-3299766836727710452009-04-06T16:42:00.000-07:002009-04-06T16:42:00.000-07:00Correction:"Asmstrong's waves interfere and at som...Correction:<BR/><BR/>"Asmstrong's waves interfere and at some points produce lows and highs as a normal interference effects will produce."<BR/><BR/>to<BR/><BR/>"Armstrong's waves interfere and at some points produce lows and high <B>just as the interference of any coherent entities (ex. lasers) would</B> produce.alek_anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-11975762483156113372009-04-06T16:38:00.000-07:002009-04-06T16:38:00.000-07:00FOFOA and dear Thoughters,I forgot to take my QM b...FOFOA and dear Thoughters,<BR/><BR/>I forgot to take my QM book from work and rumbling through the stash of those that I keep at home for overwork pusposes produced a few interesting and surprising finds from the rarely used bottom layers, none of which unfortunately happens to further our issues here. So, wikipedia (urgh) will have to do.<BR/><BR/>I had to smile at the derivatives comment in thealek_anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-61125741570307150832009-04-06T08:13:00.000-07:002009-04-06T08:13:00.000-07:00Yup. Did you read my 100 Year Clearing post? I w...Yup. Did you read my 100 Year Clearing post? I wrote about Price's graph which was also in that article.FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-4282396972701816782009-04-06T03:27:00.000-07:002009-04-06T03:27:00.000-07:00Price is another of those who agree that: Silver =...Price is another of those who agree that: <BR/>Silver = Money<BR/>Gold = WealthMarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-50952658857908172102009-04-05T17:32:00.000-07:002009-04-05T17:32:00.000-07:00"So, prepare yourself for a messy and poorer world...<I>"So, prepare yourself for a messy and poorer world for the foreseeable future. <BR/><BR/>The price of gold will be suppressed, until it can't. Disagreements among the world's trade surplus nations and trade deficit nations will become increasingly bitter. Finally, some nation or block of surplus account nations will simply say, “Enough! You want our goods, you pay in gold.” And that will be FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-29348988209110496292009-04-05T16:14:00.000-07:002009-04-05T16:14:00.000-07:00Oh wow, this is all getting very interesting.I am ...Oh wow, this is all getting very interesting.<BR/><BR/>I am very hard pressed to respond right now but, as reality dictates, I am pushing on 1AM here and although as a PhD student I dont have to punch a card tommorow morning (the best part of a PhD's life) I DO have lots of work to do with my little superconducting circuits that dont want to interact with the environment without beeing disturbed.alek_anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-79944464541377089852009-04-05T16:11:00.000-07:002009-04-05T16:11:00.000-07:00Hi Mark,Willie and Deepcaster do make very convinc...Hi Mark,<BR/><BR/>Willie and Deepcaster do make very convincing and damning accusations. And actually, I can accept most of what they say within my view of the way things are. <BR/><BR/>Also Martin Armstrong's accusations about the manipulations that go on and Lindsey Williams' accusations about the oil and dollar barrons are believable. <BR/><BR/>So I guess I do believe in some "conspiracies",FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-45236253538093548712009-04-05T15:59:00.000-07:002009-04-05T15:59:00.000-07:00PS - the cat is deadPS - the cat is deadMarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-24280816498969590622009-04-05T15:58:00.000-07:002009-04-05T15:58:00.000-07:00"Can you construct a thought experiment with this?...<I>"Can you construct a thought experiment with this?"</I><BR/><BR/>Ah. Well, QM intersects with your field in the area of the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose-Einstein_condensation" REL="nofollow">Bose-Einstein Condensate</A>, or BEC.<BR/><BR/>I would say that absolute zero might apply to the value of paper. ;)<BR/><BR/>I can imagine the phase transition to Freegold as a kind of BEC,FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-12974442970212425372009-04-05T15:57:00.000-07:002009-04-05T15:57:00.000-07:00Hi FOFOA, thanks for that link because I had heard...Hi FOFOA, thanks for that link because I had heard about the Black interview but hadn't seen it yet. He does a great job of letting the Hope & Change crowd know that it's "meet the new boss, same as the old boss" when it comes to the banksters and coverup. When you read Willie and others like Deepcaster, it is easy to get carried away with visions of evil men plotting their Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-35916778393931386202009-04-05T15:44:00.000-07:002009-04-05T15:44:00.000-07:00Ah, a little physics.The wikipedia article on the ...Ah, a little physics.<BR/><BR/>The wikipedia article on the Observer Effect somehow manages to be both confusing and informative at the same time.<BR/><BR/>There are two things. First is the classical case of two systems (thermometer and water) interacting and exchanging energy. Measurements thus must take into account this exchange and compensate. <BR/><BR/>I suppose this is not different then alek_anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-26433678460119485512009-04-05T15:34:00.000-07:002009-04-05T15:34:00.000-07:00Alek,While I'm on the subject of physics, I've got...Alek,<BR/><BR/>While I'm on the subject of physics, I've got a few more Thought experiments to twist your brain stem:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle" REL="nofollow">Heisenbergs Uncertainty principle</A><BR/><BR/>You can never know for certain the precise value of your gold stash. You can approximate it by looking at what other people are selling for, like FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-51257276145906732262009-04-05T14:17:00.000-07:002009-04-05T14:17:00.000-07:00Hey Alek,I had to chuckle at this: "But, you shoul...Hey Alek,<BR/><BR/>I had to chuckle at this: <I>"But, you should have not told me!"</I><BR/><BR/>Are you familiar with <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_effect_(physics)" REL="nofollow">The Observer Effect</A> in physics? The very act of observing a phenomenon will change the result. Even a thermometer in water must absorb thermal energy thereby changing the temperature it is FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-56372023386593645392009-04-05T13:44:00.000-07:002009-04-05T13:44:00.000-07:00Mark,You may have already seen this video as it is...Mark,<BR/><BR/>You may have already seen <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04032009/watch.html" REL="nofollow">this video</A> as it is plastered everywhere right now. It is a very good interview of William Black by Bill Moyers on PBS.<BR/><BR/>My question for you is this. When you watch this interview through your lens, does it confirm your suspicions of a grand conspiracy, or does it FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-25601011203111282512009-04-05T13:30:00.000-07:002009-04-05T13:30:00.000-07:00Thanks FOFOA for your Thoughts (yes, with a capita...Thanks FOFOA for your Thoughts (yes, with a capital "T"). I am back on the path.<BR/><BR/>As to your expeiment (cycles in perception etc.), I wholeheartedly agree to be the guinee pig. But, you should have not told me!<BR/><BR/>From G. North's most recent article you linked to:<BR/><BR/><I>I regard this as not so much a promise as a threat. They really will do everything necessary to reestablish alek_anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-22386875038056760822009-04-05T12:30:00.000-07:002009-04-05T12:30:00.000-07:00Alek,I think this is a good summary of what was ac...Alek,<BR/><BR/>I think this is a good summary of what was accomplished at the G20: <A HREF="http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north701.html" REL="nofollow">Junkets, Boondoggles, and Faith</A> by Gary North.<BR/><BR/>And from his <A HREF="http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north700.html" REL="nofollow">previous article</A>, I think this sums up the state of mind of the G20:<BR/><BR/><I>"These FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-76856102638643490232009-04-04T17:53:00.000-07:002009-04-04T17:53:00.000-07:00Those Harare visits? Gone Baby Gono :-)Well, the I...<I>Those Harare visits? Gone Baby Gono :-)</I><BR/><BR/>Well, the Internet in Zimbabwe is expensive and <A HREF="http://allafrica.com/stories/200903130760.html" REL="nofollow">not always reliable</A>. It is also <A HREF="http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-08/2007-08-30-voa63.cfm?CFID=157927121&CFTOKEN=96098545&jsessionid=88308785caa9fedf93b45e151c4b603543d6" REL="nofollow">not exactly FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-64301212293475677222009-04-04T16:26:00.000-07:002009-04-04T16:26:00.000-07:00Bil D erbergs sheeshBil D erbergs <BR/><I>sheesh</I>Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-85686814568405538822009-04-04T16:23:00.000-07:002009-04-04T16:23:00.000-07:00Those Harare visits? Gone Baby Gono :-)Those Harare visits? <I>Gone Baby Gono</I> :-)Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-24854741986393592712009-04-04T16:20:00.000-07:002009-04-04T16:20:00.000-07:00FOFOA - thanks for the thoughtful (as always) resp...FOFOA - thanks for the thoughtful (as always) response. Without getting too involved or off topic, I just want to say that I view history through a certain "lens". I appreciate that there are good men out there who stand against the machinations, I really do. And there is strength in numbers, and I am ready to stand with the honest. Shifting gears, I find it interesting that in a "late Friday Marknoreply@blogger.com